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An official notice from the  Judicial Conference of the United States  was just published announcing that certain dollar amounts in the Bankruptcy Code will be adjusted upward by 13.2004%, perhaps the largest increase to date. Inflation adjustments are ... Read full article

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As discussed in an earlier post called “ Moving Up: Bankruptcy Code Dollar Amounts Will Increase On April 1, 2019 ,” various dollar amounts in the Bankruptcy Code and related statutory provisions were increased for cases filed on or after today, April 1, ... Read full article

As discussed in an earlier post called “ Moving Up: Bankruptcy Code Dollar Amounts Will Increase On April 1, 2019 ,” various dollar amounts in the Bankruptcy Code and related statutory provisions were increased for cases filed on or after today, April 1, ... Read full article

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An official notice from the Judicial Conference of the United States  was just published announcing that certain dollar amounts in the Bankruptcy Code will be increased ever ... Read full article

In the case of In re Buonopane , ___ B.R. ____, 2007 WL 247888 (Bkrtcy. M.D. Fla.)Williamson, J.) the Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Florida held that the cap imposed by section 522(p) on the state homestead exemption that a debtor can claim ... Read full article

The January 30, 2007 case of In re Schwarz, __ B.R. ___, 2007 WL247649 (Bkrtcy.S.D. Fla.)(Olson, J.) held certain real property as exempt from administration in the estate under 11 522 (b)(3)(B) which allows for the exemption of any interest in property ... Read full article

It hasn't gotten much publicity yet, but certain dollar amounts in the Bankruptcy Code will be increased for new cases filed on or after April 1, 2013. Follow this link for a chart listing all of the changes on this Federal Register page , which ... Read full article

Why Not Student Loans? In the famous decision, Local Loan Co. vs. Hunt, the Supreme Court summed up the relatively simple policy behind our bankruptcy laws: the ”honest but unfortunate” debtor is given the opportunity to start over, “unhampered by the ... Read full article

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On September 29, 2010, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 6198 , the "Bankruptcy Technical Correction Act of 2010" and referred it to the Senate Judiciary Committee. HR 6198 was introduced by Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) on September 23, 2010. ... Read full article

As discussed in an earlier post called " On The Rise: Bankruptcy Dollar Amounts Will Increase On April 1, 2010 ," various dollar amounts in the Bankruptcy Code and related statutory provisions were increased for cases filed on or after April 1, ... Read full article